Song of the Eastern Sands: Page 02

And now we’re zeroing in a bit on our subjects! That appears to be a Tamian merchant selling amber jewelry, in addition to what appears to be a young Lutren enamored with said items from afar! Does she look familiar? How about a random Ermehn/Canid pair hanging around in that first panel? Anyone?

As you can see, the first draft of page one ALSO included this page’s events — which would have gotten things started a lot quicker, but also felt a bit crammed/rushed when we really got down to it. Showing that first market page standing on its own is meant to help pull you into the world, like an establishing shot, and then zoom into one of many exchanges going on within the crowd. The pacing just felt better to us, breaking this page up into two.

Also, you know, there’s the little detail about the page dimensions in the first draft being more standard comic size (ala Cain & Yurk) and not the usual square format we use for Beyond the Western Deep. That would’ve meant shrinking things down, cluttering up the page even more.

Fortunately, breaking the establishing shot and this follow-up sequence into two pages was a very natural process — as you can see, the panels made it from page 1 to page 2 almost completely unchanged — a big first panel, and two smaller ones to follow. The biggest change there was changing the orientation of P1 to landscape, to better establish the vendor’s location, which resulted in the tweaks to the remaining panels. All in all, we’re pretty happy with how this one turned out!

So, I might’ve mentioned to some folks that New York Comic Con was my last convention appearance of the year. It turns out I was mistaken! Much to my surprise, I discovered I’ll be attending a publisher’s panel with Action Lab Entertainment at this month’s NEW JERSEY COMIC EXPO!

I’ll likely only be there Saturday the 21st, for the Action Lab panel at 12pm. I’ll probably be spending the rest of my time there at the Action Lab table, where I would imagine there will be copies of Beyond the Western Deep: Volume 1 that I can sign :) If you’re in the area, please do stop by!

This week for guest art, a fun piece from Kirsty Eddy of someone we haven’t seen in quite a while: a Felis scholar!

Alastair the scholar (with Felis script no less! AWESOME stuff Kirsty!) is appropriately surrounded by tomes, books, scrolls — the tools of his trade! No doubt he spends many a long hour in the Spire of Gair, inundated with all manner of historical quandaries. A scholar’s work is never done — there is always something new to learn! Such inevitabilities make the Felis religion very demanding for those closest to its creed, but Alastair seems to be taking it in stride.

Thanks so much for the artwork, Kirsty! We love it!

Lastly, happy N7 Day to all my fellow Mass Effect-lovers :) May you all reach for the stars… and not find any Reapers therein!

Hmmm … damn me – I have a problem, because I really like the style of Jerome (who had previously know from DA :) ) and very I love in his works these vibrant colours, fantastic Anatomy, even though those images that were painted by a student of Van Gogh – really my impression; but time really is hard to get used to this style here … I do not know why :( – somehow even to me, not in the sense I’m not yet used to the new style beautiful on this page ^^; ^^; – but that not mean that I don’t like it – I love it :D ;)

After that, again I got crazy about with delight over this fantastic colors, and in General a fantastically drawn tis week page :D – the most I like and most glory Jerome for the last panel with Lutra Otter and beautiful amber – fantastic approach as photography – brilliantly captured and drawn :D :D :D I love it :D

And yet obvious that Yurk & Cain, and this may mean that the amber for a few pages will fulminate on the neck of one of them or his girlfriend (unless they have some girlfriend, Cain or Yurk ^^; :) )

A fantastic piece of work Jerome – Fantastic ^^ :D

PS: Sorry that now rarely take part in discussions on Salmon Party, but in this month I have not too much time :( – only from December all regulate, and just like a Shield I could freely participate in a discussion on Salmon party :) :D
Sorry ^^; ;)

Ah ajajaj – As always I forgot too to praise this fantasic graphic with sholar felis :D – Really you draw Kristy him like Rachhel – fantastic job :D – And yup, I dream to draw like Rachel or you Kristy :) ^^ Maybe someday I will draw like you both :) ^^

And for me, Veigue’ this creat colorfull costumes are like ordinary costumes from middle east :p ;) – Colorfull and beautifull costumes – and costuems not only from Nessa, beacuse Nessa is multi cultural city, so there we have of course costumes from 4 kingdoms :p ;)

Haha XD – I know Alex, haha XD – I also think that this music from witcher definitely fits perfectly into this pages ^^ :D

*Jury – Kain & Yurk
“[…] Well, unfortunately, for both nice “playing” masters of music give thanks – 2 votes for “Nope”; Unfortunately, you both still do not cross to the next rounds of “The best Nessa Market music team” cometition :p […]”

XD

Ah ^^ And I see our Polish regional-export product ^^ XD (in Poland we laugh that the Witcher is one of the 3 most important exports “products” of the Poland in the world; next to Pope John Paul II and Lech Wałęsa :D XD Haa XD )

I saw this page the other day and it instantly lit up a smile on my face. The colors, the textures, the directing of the scene, the dialogue – I’m totally immersed in this new part of the world of ‘The Four Kingdoms’.

Taking those elements into account it also creates sounds in my head. I can already picture how these two pages sound like in film.

Mad props to Jerome to showcasing this refreshing and painterly style to the artwork.

And Alex thanks for showcasing those behind the scenes stuff, they are probably my most favourite part of every update you make on the site. Have an excellent time at the NJ Con! May it be another fruitful experience!

Also Fourth Master, thanks for sharing those musical scores on the previous post! That Treasure Planet one – wow. I’m going to have to listen to the whole soundtrack, there may be a song or two that I really dig that can be used on another future audio project!

Hey :D I just want say hello and nice to meet you :) ^^ I’m so happy that on Salmon party is more and more cool people :D ^^ (Sorry for that I don’t talk and meet you in last week because I haven’t to much time ^^; :) ) Welcome on Salmon party and niec to meet you ^^ :D

(My heart this time not break such excitement and exhilaration :’) … Before I die with joy what I saw here, I want just thanks you so much for that movie – I’m so happy tat I can see it beforeee-eee ……… * )

lmao! Oh gawd, that made me laugh out loud so much! And it’s 4AM in the morning over here in Australia!! XXXD Please don’t have a heart attack!! ;__; ^^;

My pleasure! This is what I do, when I find a story (usually a graphic novel or webcomic series) that I love I just have to know how it sounds like as if it were a film. X3

And so with the powers of taking initiative and a lot of planning and preparation these stories I love come to life in another format – i.e. audio drama. X3

Anyways that scene with Rory (QUINLAN) and Limroto (CALDUS) via flashback… Goodness… I can’t help but smile every time I hear it… It won’t work without the right performance and the right musical score to match the performance – arrrgh! This is why I love doing these projects. X3

Anyways back to work! I’m on this page http://www.westerndeep.net/comic/chapter-1-page-16/ and I finally get to play around with Mike (DAKKAN) and David’s (KENOSH) recordings. This will be a lot of fun! And I get to play around with my recordings of KING DABHEID too. Woo-hoo! Time to get cracking. ;)

But really – I got about little heart attack with joy, so me rocked these emotions – until I wanted to shout with joy (and currently for me is the right to 10 pm XD ) – I just sitting these 15 minutes with thrown open mouth and I could not come to myself :O … I am just so happy that it seems to me that is the most beautiful dream – my great dream :D – that created this BWD movie with audio – and the best part of it is true :D :D :D I do not know what to say, I’m still a big shock (of course in positive sense p :D ^^) – God, I can’t wait to listen to the whole movie :D :D ^^ – I feel it, I feel BWD, BWD world is in my head and body – Ahhhhh :D – My joy which unfortunately must stop and by what I have a heart attack, it looks something like this:

But really – I got about little heart attack with joy, so me rocked these emotions – until I wanted to shout with joy (and currently for me is the right to 10 pm XD ) – I just sitting these 15 minutes with thrown open mouth and I could not come to myself :O … I am just so happy that it seems to me that is the most beautiful dream – my great dream :D – that created this BWD movie with audio – and the best part of it is true :D :D :D I do not know what to say, I’m still a big shock (of course in positive sense p :D ^^) – God, I can’t wait to listen to the whole movie :D :D ^^ – I feel it, I feel BWD, BWD world is in my head and body – Ahhhhh :D – My joy which unfortunately must stop and by what I have a heart attack, it looks something like this:

This is the quality that I’ll be aiming for. And the reason why the minimalistic approach of the moving ‘static’ pictures work really well is because the artwork already is beautiful as it is. I need not to tamper it any more than I should. XD

Anyways I still can’t get over how good that part is when Limroto throws a mild tantrum at his dissapointment of Quinlan joining the scouts… When he says: “Mrrrgghh!!! WHY!” I’m like, YES! This is it! X3 Uses Take 2 out of 4. I’m spoilt for choice man, there’s so many good performances per dialogue that it is sometimes really tough for me to pick the right tone to fit the context of the scene.

Janik for instance, they way she said: “Don’t forget about your uniform this time!” ~ my goodness, I had a bit of a self-debate on picking either Take 1 or Take 3… One sounded like she was hurrying him in an encouraging way, and the other sounded like she was giving a hint of playfulness to her command. Both worked really well and it took me 10 minutes to finally decided which one I went for (it was Take 1 in the end X3).

Okay, I blabbed on too much… Thanks again for sharing your enthusiasm! Can’t wait to show you guys how Dakkan and Kenosh sound like perhaps in a future preview! ^__^

Ahhhhhhhhhh – Ah Man XD :D
…why you give me such sweet torture :p XD ? – so much I wanted to watch it, and I’m even more excited XD (this also that never, unfortunately, I can’t found the entire comic I could not read/can’t find it in all internet :p ( – and here you are – I have the whole audio movie XD:D Lol :D ^^) – but now I do not have time to watch it :C XD :( – after that, after coffee I get probably true of attack these emotions XD XD XD

And I Very anxiously waiting for BWD movie ^^ , Oh really now all I’m excited very excited :D I looking forward to listen it :D
Ah, and I can’t wait to see what the voice have Dakkan and Kenosh – and of course all the rest of the heroes :D ^^ Until my heart immediately with joy jump out of my chest wit joy XD :D XD

I want tank you again Darkspeeds, because (For you can be funny to hert that)
thanks to you I discovered many oter such fantsatic Audio-comics movies, I did not know that there is something like this XD :D – I really am Very grateful for yuo :D ^^ – to yesterday I only knew one Audio-comic movie of my favorite *notAnthro-historical comic about our great and simple hero of World War II from my beloved Kraków, Pharmacist Tadeusz Pankiewicz, comic by Tomasz Bereźnicki – “Pharmacist in Krakow Ghetto”; until yesterday I had only this audio-comic movie :3 ^^ – Thank you so much darkseeds ^^ :D

Fourth Master – Currently working on this page atm. http://www.westerndeep.net/comic/chapter-1-page-26/ It was a lot of fun to have all four of us in the room (Rory-QUIN, Mike-DAK, David-KEN and Elson-K D.) and editing the conversation. The heated moments were quite exhilarating. X3

I now have the challenge of finding the appropriate soundtrack to match the moment Quinlan takes up Crim’s challenge. ^^

Regarding my other projects, do take your time! Just do me a favour and don’t go to my very old projects (oh god, I cringe at the terrible quality!! ;___; XXD)

Jerijune – “GET BACK IN THERE TEAR!” ~ Ha ha! I think I remember that from a film… The postman from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. :D

Jakub – Your most welcome mate! I’m really happy to hear that I’ve inspired you to discover other audio dramas, there is so much out there waiting to be explored. ;)

Thanks! Oh, and for the soundtrack thing, there’s a channel on YouTube called “thesecession.” They’ve got all sorts of music, and they’re free to use as long as you give them credit (and if you want, add a link to their channel on the description)